writer, artist and historian
Writer, artist, historian in and about Los Angeles; author of Flight Maps: Adventures With Nature in Modern America, she also helped create the Our Malibu Beaches smartphone app, which helps people find public access to LA's beaches
Malibu's El Sol Beach Closed to the Public If you’re planning a beach day this long weekend, one place you won’t be going is El Sol County Beach in Malibu. L.A. County bought it in 1974 with taxpayer money and a promise to preserve it for public recreation. In the 41 years since then, however, El Sol has never been open to the public. That’s partly because of lawsuits by wealthy beachfront homeowners who want to keep it closed.
"Billionaires' Beach" a Milestone in Malibu Public Beach Battle Tomorrow, beach goers in Malibu will have something to celebrate: public access to Carbon Beach, also called "Billionaires' Beach" because of the multi-million-dollar homes that line that piece of coastline. Lisette Ackerberg and her family are paying the Coastal Commission $1.1 million in fines to build and maintain a pathway from Pacific Coast Highway to the sand and the water. Jenny Price is an advocate for beach access who helped create the Our Malibu Beaches smartphone app.
The LA River Is Open A stretch of the Los Angeles River opened over the weekend for nature walks and kayak excursions. It’s pretty amazing that people are thinking of the river as a place for recreation again. These days, it’s mostly a concrete-lined, graffiti-covered storm drain to the sea. Activists and officials are trying to change that. We go fly-fishing on the river and discuss its current state.
Brian Phillips: Impossible Owls The restless imagination of Brian Phillips brings lyrical essays to a narrative border in his debut book, Impossible Owls.
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Jim Carrey’s cartoons, real estate love letters Jim Carrey is known as an actor and comedian, but in the last couple years he’s taken up political cartooning. He tells DnA about expressing his anti-Trump feelings through art. And buying a house in LA can be a competition. Can a personal letter to the seller give you a leg-up? The editor of “Dear Seller” shares stories of what prospective buyers write to land their dream house.